Conference | June 20, 2024 |
'Traditionism' and Multifaceted Responses to Secularization amongst Mizrahim in Israel
The Sephardi encounter with modernity shows a counterexample to the Ashkenazi and European experience of secularization. The Mizrahi encounter with modernity offers a case study for thinking of secularization in Israel and beyond. This conference explores the religious and secular aspects of what we view as Mizrahi renaissance in the context of power struggles and political debates in Israel. A special focus will be given to the category Masortiut or Traditionism as reaction and alternative to the western religious-secular dichotomy.
The JP Judaistik is glad to announce this conference, to be held in Leipzig on June 20, organised by:
Yemima Hadad | University of Leipzig
Angy Cohen | Universidad Complutense de Madrid / University Calgary
Yael Attia | University of Potsdam / University of Paderborn
Part of 'ReCentGlobe' and 'Multiple Secularities beyond the West, beyond Modernities' at the University of Leipzig, this project explores different forms of secularity in non-western regions:
www.multiple-secularities.de/
The Israeli case - unknown or overlooked - can highlight Mizrahi secularization experiences as key to the questions posed around global secularization beyond the West.
This conference is made possible by the following sponsors:
- The European Association for Jewish Studies - EAJS
- The Jenny Belzberg Program in Israel Studies, University of Calgary
- University of Leipzig
To participate please contact JP Judaistik, Faculty of Theology at Leipzig University.
